Nigeria: Fear for safety/Death threats, Anyakwee Nsirimovu (m)
Nigeria: Fear for safety/Death threats, Anyakwee Nsirimovu (m)
Index Number: AFR 44/008/2007Date Published: 7 March 2007
Categories: Nigeria, Africa, West Africa
Anyakwee Nsirimovu, Executive Director of the Institute for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (IHRHL) in Rivers State, in the Niger delta, was attacked on 4 March, a week after an apparent threat to kill his family if he did not stop his human rights activities. Amnesty International believes that his life may be in danger.